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China Factor Staff

China Factor staff writers cover a range of issues from Beijing’s global ambitions to the rise of China’s economy. They also serve up the latest news, views and analysis of the political landscape along with developments in science and technology in the world’s second-largest economy. Cross-Strait tension between China and Taiwan is another key area of interest as is the regional rivalry in the South China Sea. Chinese companies we cover include Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent, Nvidia, Baidu, China Mobile, ByteDance, Neusoft, China Telecom and China Unicom. Banks covered include Bank of China, HSBC, China Merchants Bank, Communications Bank and others.

China’s ailing economy ends up on life support

June 2, 2022June 1, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Covid-19 lockdowns across the country have snuffed out business activity and fueled an unemployment crisis 

Categories Economic Crisis Tags ChinaFactor, Covid-19 Pandemic, Economic Meltdown, News, Premier Li Keqiang, Rising Unemployment Leave a comment

Beijing and Washington locked in a war of ‘values’

June 2, 2022May 27, 2022 by China Factor Staff

China ‘has become more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad’ under President Xi says Blinken

Categories Geopolitical Risks Tags Beijing, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, News, President Joe Biden, President Xi Jinping, Smears, Washington Leave a comment

China ensnared in a web of high-tech spyware

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 by China Factor Staff

President Xi’s social credit system has been called ‘a futuristic vision of Big Brother out of control’

Categories Surveillance State Tags Big Brother, Chilling, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, News, President Xi Jinping, SpyNet Leave a comment

China risks, ‘Black Swans’ and those Xi rumors

May 24, 2022May 23, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Global Inc needs to prepare for the economic threats that are hiding just beyond the horizon

Categories Global Tension Tags Beijing, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Corporate Risks, News, President Xi Jinping, United States Leave a comment

China’s Big Brother is watching you and you and you …

May 20, 2022May 19, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Beijing’s ‘surveillance state’ has ramped up its crackdown on dissenting voices in Covid-hit Shanghai

Categories Surveillance State Tags Big Brother, China, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Covid-19 Chaos, News, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

How propaganda shapes China’s foreign policy

May 19, 2022May 18, 2022 by China Factor Staff

‘Context and conclusions are often absurd and do not promote an understanding of international relations’

Categories Geopolitics Tags China, ChinaFactor, Echowall, European Union, German-China Relations, News, News Platforms, State-Run Media Leave a comment

China’s economy in intensive care after catching Covid

August 1, 2022May 16, 2022 by China Factor Staff

A toxic dose of never-ending lockdowns triggers an economic meltdown as Beijing grapples with a raft of problems

Categories Stalling Growth Tags China, ChinaFactor, Covid-19 Crisis, Global Economy, News, Property Blow, Rising Unemployment Leave a comment

China’s Covid mess threatens the global economy

May 12, 2022May 11, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Mass lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy could have a profound impact across the world

Categories Economic Risks Tags China, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Middle Class Disillusionment, News, President Xi Jinping, Zero-Covid Policy Leave a comment

China specter hangs over Musk’s Twitter takeover

April 29, 2022April 27, 2022 by China Factor Staff

‘Communist Party officials do not share’ the billionaire’s ‘free speech values and they know how to squeeze’

Categories Social Media Tags Beijing, China, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Elon Musk, News, SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter Leave a comment

Tech-tock for China’s unemployment clock

April 27, 2022April 25, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Jobless numbers rise as technology companies shed staff amid a slowing economy and Covid-19 outbreaks

Categories Economic Hazards Tags China, ChinaFactor, Layoffs, Lockdowns, News, Omicron Strain, Tech Sector Leave a comment
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